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Borough President Helen Marshall said last week that an Amtrak bridge over the busy intersection of Northern Boulevard and Broadway in Woodside is deteriorating, with chunks of concrete falling off and posing a danger to pedestrians and motorists. More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO Two bills to help ease the rampant housing foreclosure crisis, backed by Democrats, passed in the house last week but are facing resistance from President George W. Bush and Senate Republicans. More ...
City Councilmember James F. Gennaro unveiled a plan yesterday to reduce the Water Board's proposed 14.5 percent water rate increase to only 2.75 percent. Joined by Councilmembers David Weprin and Peter Vallone Jr., he called upon Mayor Michael Bloomberg to adopt his plan immediately before the Wa... More ... It's Your Park On The LIC/Astoria Waterfront Green Shores NYC is holding their event Saturday, May 17, 1-5 p.m., rain or shine to discover what's available in the local parks, what's planned for the Queens East River Greenway, and to meet and greet your neighbors at Rainey Park, 34th Avenue at Vernon Boulevard. More ... Gianaris Blasts New Con Ed Rate Hike Request BY JOHN TOSCANO Upon hearing that Con Edison has applied to the Public Service Commission (PSC) for another rate hike just a few weeks after the utility received an historic $425 million rate boost, Assemblymember Michael Gianaris (D- Astoria) declared. More ... Stroke Alert May 20, 21 MediSys Health Network is participating in a stroke alert for American Stroke Month, a national campaign designed by the American Stroke Association to raise awareness about the risks and warning signs of stroke. Free stroke screenings, and educational materials, will be available from 9 a.m. to ... More ...
On Thursday, April 17, members of the newly created St. John's Preparatory School Founders' Circle were inducted at a dinner at St. John's Prep. The Founders' Circle was created to honor individuals who have generously supported St. John's Prep/Mater Christi throughout the years. It is the Prep's ... More ...
Faculty at the Evangel Christian School in Dutch Kills hosted an Academic Fair on March 15, where students in grades from Pre-K to 12th grade showed off their skills in Social Studies and world issues. More ...
New York State Assemblymember Ellen Young (D- Flushing) issued Assembly citations to the award winners (pictured) from the Flushing Boy's Club Earth Day poster contest. More ... Seminar Offers Education/Political Science Credits The Taft Institute for Government will offer its annual seminar for teachers in the late summer and fall of 2008. More ... Open Auditions For High School Musicians York College will be holding their Summer Jazz Program auditions Thursday May 15 from 3-9 p.m. and Saturday May 17 from 9 a.m.-noon. Applicants will be expected to sight read, perform a piece, any style of their choosing, and improvise. Big band instruments, saxes, trombones, trumpets, piano, bass... More ...
Assemblymember Mark S. Weprin (D-Little Neck) brought "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown", a Broadway-style show, to schools throughout his district as part of the Inside Broadway program. More ...
On May 8 Assemblymember Margaret Markey (D- Maspeth) received an American Legion symbolic poppy from Joan Nekoloff, (c.) president of Maspeth Unit 783, that was handmade by a veteran. Tenth District President Evelyn Taolutis looks on. More ... Police Investigating Statue Desecration Following the recent theft of a religious statue from a Catholic spiritual center in the Jamaica Hill section of Queens, City Councilmember James Gennaro was joined by religious leaders in calling for increased police vigilance in the area. More ... Boro Cabinet Discusses Nightlife Problems BY RICHARD GENTILVISO During a six-month period between February and July 2006, two young women were abducted, raped and murdered after a night out clubbing in Manhattan. "The perception was nightlife was out of control," said Susan Petito, NYPD Assistant Commissioner for Intergovernmental Affairs at the May meeting o... More ... News Of The Neighborhoods COMPILED BY LIZ GOFF School Cutback Critics Parents and others seeking a way to vent their anger or frustration over announced cutbacks to the city school system are urged to dial "311" to do so. More ...
BY THOMAS COGAN The May meeting of the Dutch Kills Civic Association began as Brian Beard, new president of the Long Island City Alliance, introduced himself and said he'd like to become better acquainted with the DKCA. More ... Queens' Homeless Population Declines In '07 BY RICHARD GENTILVISO It's a case of good news and bad news. The homeless population, especially in Queens, is down, according to this year's homeless street count. But the economy is down as well and that could impact next year's count. More ...
BY THOMAS COGAN The April meeting of Community Board 3 was concerned largely with informational announcements and an exchange with the commander of the 115th Police Precinct. More ... Advocate Groups Working For The Waterfront BY GEORGINA YOUNG-ELLIS Those of us who reside in Astoria and Long Island City can consider ourselves uncommonly lucky to have access to acres and acres of waterfront parks. Fortunately, those green spaces have advocates, working hard for their protection and improvement. More ...
BY DAN MILLER On May 7 the Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade Organization announced its 2008 award winners at its annual dinner dance, held at Terrace on the Park in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park on 111th Street. More ... The Pulpit Compiled by Susan Cleary Times and dates are subject to change. Please call event sponsors to confirm. May 20 Wesak (Buddhist); Jun. 1 Jerusalem Day (Jewish); Jun. 5 Ascension (Orthodox), Jun. 8, 9, 10 Shavout, first day, second day; Jun. More ...
"The finest of our youth from the Greek heartland are being honored today," said Aleka Tsinias, president of the Enosis Evrytanon Amerikis "To Karpenisi" on Sunday, March 30 at Mythos Restaurant in Flushing, The scholars were Nicole Georgakopoulos, Sophia Orfanidis and Nikolaos Georgostathis of th... More ... Board 2 Tables Sunnyside Gardens, Greenway Items BY THOMAS COGAN At the May meeting of Community Board 2, six agenda items had to be brought to a vote: four Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) applications, a Consumer Affairs application and a Department of Transportation presentation on the Vernon Boulevard-East River Greenway. As it turned out, seven votes... More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO Congressmember Carolyn Maloney called on Congress to pass pending legislation that would provide an immediate 13-week extension of unemployment benefits for 3.2 million jobless Americans who are looking for work. More ...
BY JOHN TOSCANO In recognition of state Senator Frank Padavan's leadership in getting approval for construction of the schools that make up the Glen Oaks Campus in Eastern Queens, the city Department of Education has renamed the campus in Padavan's honor. More ...
More than a quarter of the U. S. population volunteers at least once during the course of a year. And each year, across the country, thousands of these individuals are honored during National Volunteer Recognition Week. More ... 114th Precinct Blotter Highlights Warrant Executed, Five Arrested On Drug Charges COMPILED BY LINDA J. WILSON On Wednesday, April 30, police of the 114th Precinct executed a search warrant at 41-07 12th St. As a result, three Hispanic females 17, 18 and 42 years old and two Hispanic males 16 and 33 years old were charged with criminal use of drug paraphernalia, More ... Borough-Wide Blotter COMPILED BY LIZ GOFF 102nd Precinct Lexus Corpse Identified Police and the city Medical Examiner's Office have identified a body found in a plastic bag inside a Lexus SUV as 40-year-old Brooklyn resident Yuriy Grinchuk. A pair of Sanitation workers made the grisly discovery at about 10:30 a.m. More ... 108th Pct. Cops Of the Month Confront Stabber BY THOMAS COGAN "Unfortunately, this month wasn't as good as last month," Deputy Inspector Thomas Kavanagh, commanding officer of the 108th Police Precinct, said as he prepared to read the crime report at the April meeting of the precinct community council. The Cop of the Month award ceremony, which immediately p... More ... |
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